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Trump’s ego gets him ‘played’ as allies learn how to give him ‘fake wins’ | Scott Lucas
Season 2, Ep. 140
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Professor Scott Lucas joins Maddie to discuss Trump inviting Putin to the G20, his red-carpet welcome for Xi Jinping, growing cracks between America and its traditional allies, how Denmark and Greenland “played an absolute blinder” over the Greenland deal, and Trump’s media ban backfiring as the White House scrambles to defend it.
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